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Rip Torn is led in cuffs by an officer on the way to his arraignment. Photo: Wendy Carlson / Splash News

BANTAM, Conn. — Hard-drinking actor Rip Torn was taken in handcuffs this morning to a Connecticut courthouse, where he faced allegations that he broke into a bank with a loaded revolver while intoxicated.

Torn made a brief appearance in the courtroom after his arrest on gun and burglary charges on Friday night.

A glum-looking and disheveled Torn walked into the courtroom with his wrists and ankles shackled to several other prisoners — wearing cowboy boots, dark pants and a Navy blue jacket.

He’s accussed of breaking into a bank with a loaded gun. Thinking it was his home, Torn took off his hat and boots and left them by the door, according to court records.

The “Men in Black” actor is expected to post $100,000 bail. Although he entered no plea, Torn agreed to enter an alcohol rehab facility once he is released.

“The history here is clear that there’s an alcohol issue that needs to be addressed,” his lawyer, A. Thomas Waterfall, told Judge John W. Pickard.

Torn blew a .203 on a sobriety test, according to officials.

Torn, 78, was armed with a loaded gun when he broke a window and entered the Litchfield Bancorp in Salisbury on Friday, officials said.

The actor was so drunk he had no idea he was in a bank, the sources said.

Bank President Mark Macomber told TMZ.com that no one was in the bank during the break-in and that the only damage was the smashed window in the back of the building that Torn apparently thought was his front door.

Torn’s family has staged multiple interventions over the past couple of years with little to show for it but court dates and embarrassing headlines, sources close to the actor said.

According to one source, Torn figured he had made significant progress by cutting back from four pints of alcohol a day to a single pint.

It doesn’t help that he likes guns almost as much as he likes booze, the source said.

Last year, Torn was given probation in a drink-driving case in Connecticut and granted permission to enter alcohol rehab.

Torn also has two past drunk-driving arrests in New York — one of which became notorious after a video emerged of the actor cursing at cops and refusing to cooperate with them.

The actor, whose real name is Elmore Rual Torn, has appeared on the television show “30 Rock” and won an Emmy in 1996 for his work on “The Larry Sanders Show.” In addition to “Men in Black,” his movie credits include “The Insider” and “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.”